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Destiny: Tangled
[Both cough after surfacing]
Rapunzel: We made it.
The king and queen sighed with relief.
Flynn: Her hair glows.
Rapunzel: I'm alive. I'm alive!
Flynn: I didn't see that coming.
Rapunzel: Eugene.
"You called me Eugene?" asked Flynn/Eugene shocked.
"That's your name, isn't it?" asked Rapunzel.
Flynn: Her hair actually glows.
Rapunzel: Eugene.
Flynn: Why does her hair glow?
Rapunzel: Eugene!
Flynn: What?
Rapunzel: It doesn't just glow.
Flynn: Why is he [Pascal] smiling at me?
From his perch on Rapunzel shoulder, Pascal smirked over at Euegene, who quickly looked back at the screen.
St: I'll kill 'im. I'll kill that Rider!
Eugene gulped. Everyone they had wanted to killed, they had gotten to. What would make him different?
He never noticed the queen looking at him with a weird look in her eye as her eyes flickered between Eugene and Rapunzel.
We'll cut him off at the kingdom, and get back the crown. C'mon!
Gothel: Boys!
Rapunzel frowned. Her stomach felt weird. What we her mother doing?
[St turn to Gothel]
Gothel: Perhaps you want to stop acting like wild dogs chasing their tails and think for a moment.
[Gothel holding satchel. St draw swords]
Gothel: Oh-ho, please, there's no need for that.
[Gothel tosses satchel at St. St find crown]
Gothel: Well, if that's all that you desire then be on your way. I was going to offer you something worth one thousand crowns, would have made you rich beyond belief and that wasn't even the best part, hoho, oh well, c'est la vie. Enjoy your crown.
"What are you talking about? You have nothing of value?" Rapunzel asked her mother, whose eyes flicked to Rapunzel's hair and back to the screen with the princess noticing. But Eugene did, and he glared at her in suspicion.
St: What's the best part?
Gothel: It comes with revenge on Flynn Rider.
Flynn: So you're being strangely cryptic as you wrap your magic hair around my injured hand.
Agh!
Rapunzel: Sorry. [sigh] Just don't… don't freak out.
"Sorry, Blondie. But I'm a freak out" said Eugene, japping Rapunzel with his elbow.
"No, you won't" sang Rapunzel, pointing at him.
"Oh dear god" whispered the king, he turned to his wife, "is he going to become our son in law?"
"I don't know about that. But I think he's going to become our hero" said the queen.
[sigh]
Flower, gleam and glow
Let your power shine
Make the clock reverse
Bring back what once was mine
[Pascal: Look at your hand]
Heal what has been hurt
Change the fate's design
Save what has been lost
Bring back what once was mine
[Pascal: This is how it works.]
What once was mine
Flynn: [gasps in horror]
Rapunzel: (Please) don't freak out!
[Flynn mouth wide open, Rapunzel: … please.]
Flynn: Arrrr. I'm-not-freaking-out-are-you-freaking-out-no-I'm-just-very-interested-in-your-hair-and-the-magical-qualities-that-it-posesses-how long has
it been doing that exactly?
"How did I hold that in?" Eugene whispered to himself, and he turned to look at Rapunzel. Who looked pleased with herself.
She had never used her powers on anyone but her mother and Pascal. It felt good to help someone else.
Rapunzel: Uh, forever, I guess.
Mother says when I was a baby, people tried to cut it. They wanted to take it for themselves. But, once it's cut, it turns brown and loses its power. A gift like that, it has to be protected. That's why mother never let me… [sigh] That's why I never left the… hmm.
Flynn: … You never left that tower.
[Rapunzel puzzled]
And you're still gonna go back?
Rapunzel: No! Yes. Ugh! It's complicated.
Hah. So, Eugene Fitzherbert, huh?
Flynn: Uh, yeah. Well. I'll spare you the sob story of poor orphan Eugene Fitzherbert, it's a little bit of a… that's a little bit of a downer.
"But it's still your story. Better than mine will ever be" said Rapunzel.
"I don't know about that. I think meeting you is as exciting as my life will ever get" said Eugene.
"And you will be going back to the tower" said Gothel, "it's where I know you'll be safe, flower."
[Rapunzel gets close to Flynn: I want to know more.]
Flynn: Huh.
There was this book, a book I used to read every night to all the younger kids – 'The Tales of Flynnigan Rider'. Swashbuckling rogue, richest man alive, not bad with the ladies, either. Not that he would to brag about it, of course.
"I gave you that book" the queen whispered in shock. She was looking at Eugene. He looked at her. She didn't have a quiet whisper.
"I was on a visit to the orphanage. I read that book and a young book kept asking me to repeat so I gave it to you" she said.
"I don't remember how I got it" said Eugene. The queen bit her lip and turned back to the screen.
Rapunzel: Hmm. Was he a thief too?
Flynn: Uh… well, no. Actually, he had enough money to do anything that he wanted to do. He could go anywhere that he wanted to go. And, and, and for a kid with nothing, I don't know, I… Just seemed like a better option.
Rapunzel: Hmm.
Flynn: You can't tell anyone about this, okay? It could ruin my whole reputation.
Rapunzel: Ah. We wouldn't want that.
Flynn: Well, a fake reputation is all a man has.
Gothel took a deep breath through her nose. It seemed like the two were becoming closer than she had ever expected. Their meeting will never happen, if she had her way.
Rapunzel: Hmm, hmm, hmm–
Flynn: Huh.
Rapunzel: Hmm hmm.
Flynn: Ahem. Well, I should, um… I, I should… I should get some more firewood.
Rapunzel: Hey.
For the record, I like Eugene Fitzherbert much better than Flynn Rider.
Flynn: Well, then you'd be the first… but thank you.
Eugene blushed.
Rapunzel: [smiles] Hmm.
Gothel: Well! I thought he'd never leave!
Rapunzel noticed that stiffness in Eugene. Was he scared of her? Rapunzel hoped that the two would never meet.
Rapunzel: Mother!
Gothel: Hello dear.
Rapunzel: But I, I, I, I don't, uh… How did you find me?
G: Oh, it was easy really. I just listened to the sound of complete and utter betrayal and followed that.
Gothel smirked. She would be dragging that runaway girl back by her beautiful powerful hair. And this foolishness movie thing would end and life would return to normal.
Rapunzel: [sigh] Mother…
Gothel: We're going home, Rapunzel. Now.
Rapunzel: You, you don't understand. I've been on this incredible journey and I've seen and learned so much.
I even met someone.
Gothel: Yes, the wanted thief, I'm so proud. Come on, Rapunzel.
Rapunzel: Mother, wait. I think…
I think he likes me.
Gothel: Likes you? Please, Rapunzel, that's demented.
Rapunzel: But mother, I…
This is why you never should have left
[Rapunzel sighs]
Dear, this whole romance that you've invented
Just proves you're too naive to be here
Why would he like you? Come on now, really.
Look at you! You think that he's impressed?
Don't be a dummy, come with mummy
Rapunzel found herself leaning back into her chair. Was her mother right? She looked at Eugene with tears in her eyes. He was glaring right at her mother, with pure hatred in his eyes.
Did he look at her that way? Eugene turned to face Rapunzel. He smiled at her. Rapunzel saw love in her eyes, she sat up and Eugene removed the hair that had fallen into her face.
Mother…
Rapunzel: No!
Gothel: No?! Oh. I see how it is.
Rapunzel knows best
Rapunzel's so mature now
Such a clever grown-up miss
Rapunzel knows best
Fine, if you're so sure now
Go ahead, then give him this! [satchel]
Rapunzel: How did you…?
Gothel: This [crown] is why he's here!
Don't let him deceive you!
Give it to him, watch, you'll see!
Rapunzel: I will!
Gothel: Trust me, my dear
That's how fast he'll leave you
I won't say I told you so!
No, Rapunzel knows best!
So if he's such a dreamboat
Go and put him to the test
Rapunzel: Mother, wait–
Gothel: If he's lying, don't come crying,
'Mother knows best'! [vanishes]
[Rapunzel looks at crown]
The hall was silent. Rapunzel hoped that her future self would give Eugene the crown, while her parents were just hoping that soon, soon, their daughter would be returned to them.
"You aren't going to give it to me" said Eugene.
"What?" asked Rapunzel.
"You don't really know me yet. But you've known that women your whole life. Of course, you'd take what she says more that my actions" said Eugene. Rapunzel pulled her bottom between her teeth but Eugene, a quiet finger on her lips, helped her release.
"It's fine" he said, "I understand. And when you finally do trust me, I hope I prove that I am trustworthy."
Flynn: So…
[Rapunzel gasps]
Flynn: Hey uh… can I ask you something? Is there any chance that I'm gonna get super strength in my hand because I'm not gonna lie. That would be stupendous.
[on seeing Rapunzel] Hey, you all right?
Rapunzel: Oh! Sorry, yes. Just, em, lost in thought, I guess.
Flynn: I mean because here's the thing. Superhuman good looks, I've always had them–born with it, but superhuman strength? Can you imagine the possibilities of this…?
Gothel: [to St] Patience boys. All good things to those who wait.